[docs]    def persist(self) -> None:
        """Persist the collection.
        This can be used to explicitly persist the data to disk.
        It will also be called automatically when the object is destroyed.
        """
        if self._persist_directory is None:
            raise ValueError(
                "You must specify a persist_directory on"
                "creation to persist the collection."
            )
        self._client.persist()
[docs]    @classmethod
    def from_texts(
        cls,
        texts: List[str],
        embedding: Optional[Embeddings] = None,
        metadatas: Optional[List[dict]] = None,
        ids: Optional[List[str]] = None,
        collection_name: str = _LANGCHAIN_DEFAULT_COLLECTION_NAME,
        persist_directory: Optional[str] = None,
        client_settings: Optional[chromadb.config.Settings] = None,
        **kwargs: Any,
    ) -> Chroma:
        """Create a Chroma vectorstore from a raw documents.
        If a persist_directory is specified, the collection will be persisted there.
        Otherwise, the data will be ephemeral in-memory.
        Args:
            texts (List[str]): List of texts to add to the collection.
            collection_name (str): Name of the collection to create.
            persist_directory (Optional[str]): Directory to persist the collection.
            embedding (Optional[Embeddings]): Embedding function. Defaults to None.
            metadatas (Optional[List[dict]]): List of metadatas. Defaults to None.
            ids (Optional[List[str]]): List of document IDs. Defaults to None.
            client_settings (Optional[chromadb.config.Settings]): Chroma client settings
        Returns:
            Chroma: Chroma vectorstore.
        """
        chroma_collection = cls(